Electric traction motor



W. J. BAUROTH ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTOR June 14, 1949. 2,473,130

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Jeffrey Maau q ie fi emn erre a ll rliaoeese wee 59 7 7721391 This invention. relates. to. an electric tract on rnotor; and an obiectot theqmventlon is to proride. suc a motor w th. :a main name so conetmqted that ee e tyne onioumal. bear the one hand, '0 :enthfi i tlonh rin s, uch as. oller hea in s, on theotheri. handnmay. beseleetively used to support the wheel shaft oraxle. ofe-lecomotivetrmm I A .fprtl erolqiect ofv the invention is to provide improved, hou ing, construction 'rorfan electric motor. adapted to. 'ce etate with selective cans tosnpport the wheel she-ft bn' Journal bearings; soon as bpqnze sleeve bearings, Orion anti-friction bearings, such as roller bearings.

Another; object;ofi'tnei'lnventlon .-.ls to. rovide n; eleet tic traction motora dwheelshan assembly of improyedgeonstzu' lpnzlniwhich'there. fare a t -t iction bearin s mounted .cllreotly. on a removable. can, the. bearlngsibeing, carried en tirely bysaid cap', the havin means. including}; plain ring.witnbearinesurlaces. cooperatin w .1 the rameomi g. to in ure s. ro r resitiql ae er pe Anqthe qtieet he inventi n ism prov ar 1 I l?.. V$. bear n an. construction forsa tracee'metqrther. bi-ea th nventi n will app ar helj inarter, the novel 1e4 .32.34 1"?s; ajnqL oomblnations, being. se or r n;aqcornnan ineiclalms.

e thesaeq meanrme drawin s, l 1 i a' sect rievwthrqusha mine-locoe..the eaturesotmy invention and showing; an assgelated locomotive truck. Q We... sha wt xlemelmted on. anti-fric io b a in Fig.- 2 a, eetieoel t ir ot hm earlna caper Elewith er trok njaw .Fig, 3 i-s a', View similantofl i g, '-1,.sh0wing.only, mrt onofmhemotor. hez'axlem u tedm jonrnalbfiarings, such ashronze sleeves;

Fig, 4 is a sectional view taken on-thellne 4-4 ofliig. 3, lookingiinjxthe directionof the arrows;

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lliig. 5.is.a sectional view taken ontheline55-5 of. Fig. 1, looking in the an mone: the arrows.

"In the zconstruction ef eleetr c' tract on motors for" electric lcieomotlv i sueh mine; locomo tivesflthas' aiw'aysbe n desirabletotnountfth wheel shafts er axles' ri'teennge which are" spaced as "far apart a*ls'""i osslble;"In'brder to dorm-s ithas 'bnthe practie for years t0"pro- Vl'de" ailment: main rrrarnes ror'electri'e' traction motors which were to revenue-friction:- bearings on rthefonehand'; and sleeve or'Journel; beialrings on" the'rother hand." lnkorderzto ellinluat"ithis l6- necessity of twodistinct' mainframes and yet to provide. a main frame construction for an electric traction motor which can selectively support or. receive the truck axle and mount it on antirriction hearings. in the one. case, or sleeve hear.- ings in the other, is the outstanding character.- istic of the invention here involved.

In Fig. l of the drawin s. the. electric motoris, illustrated driving .a, truck axle in which the truck axle is mounted on anti-friction bearings. Briefly, described, thesallent parts are a motor; t0. having. a. mainframe l,.l providing the iron for thefiuxnqf' the electric motor and carrying field. coils L2. Motor 10 also. includes. armature or toitor l3. mounted forrotation on armature, shaft ldwhieh iscarriedin spaced bearings. l5 and 1.8; received in cups in the main frame H. The, motor. is illustrated: as of the direct .current type and includes a commutator 1.1. The shaft H, projects from the mainframe. I,lon onesideand is rovid with. aspur ear l8 which meshes with a dI' -Y n ear 1.5;.keved to. an. axle or. final drive. shaft 20. which carries traction wheels. 2:] on, opposite ends thereof.

It is. standard practiqe n. tracti n typ e ectr c mete s to make them t max mum axial di tance. or. .lellgth permifitfl. by. the distance be:

tw en. t e. ra tio wheel nv other. words, he.

clearance between the wheels is the limiting fac= i 2 5 O imens on 19 0 20 3 T co d tjon-prevailsin the instantease as it. is notedthqt. ne sid h ma n ra e. I Us c ose-t wheel; 7 1;, while. on the. other side the projecting shaftv erid-andspurggear [8 a e close to the other wheel,

t s sir ble. omeunt m a le 0r. shaft 20.:- in, bea ngs. aeed apart as uch as p e blfi. IQ thisend, themain frame I I, is provided with a. transverse. recesson groove .22 through. Which the. axle 20. extendsand ,is. freeto rotate by being, spaced. therefrom. As..c1early l llustrated in Fig. 4, '0f the drawingathe-groove 2 2. is of generally m -Qy. 1indrica1 shan Cooperating. with-the mainframe H toprovide.,-a generally cylindrical enclosure surrounding the shaft ZQisahearingcap 23-, the centrall part of whichv has, a generally semircylindrlcal; groove portion '24. which .ls. complementary with. the. mainframe. groov.e. 2-2ftov provide a substantially completeycylin'drical housing .for said shaft 20. At therleft-han'dend; as viewed in Figs. 1 and-l2 or the..drawings.,.the bearingcap. 23 is pro vided; with, a fian' ed ring. 25 which, has a. slightly.

larger. diameterthanthe dlameterof. the central. portion of thelcapl zir'and whlch providesacupl.

for receiving. an "antir-jriction roller... bearing/ 2;

which cooperates with the hub of the gear I9 to provide anti-friction support for the shaft adjacent one end. Adjacent the other end, or the right-hand end, as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the cap 23 is provided with a plain ring 21. That is, this portion of the cap 23 is in the form of a ring and this ring is separate from the main body of the cap 23 over a circumference of at least 180". The ring is plain instead of flanged and in the claims wherein a plain ring is defined it is to be understood as meaning a ring, the cross-section of which is such as to produce no flange or interior bearing surface in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cap. The lower portion of the ring 21, as viewed in Fig. 2, is, of course, formed integral with the main body of the cap 23 and is truly a part thereof.

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the flanged ring 25 at the left-hand side of the cap 23 has a surface designated 28 which is a bearing surface extending through approximately 180 and has direct bearing contact with a surface of the main frame II.

The ring 22! at the right-hand end of the cap 23 is received in a semi-cylindrical curved groove or recess 23 formed in the main frame ll adjacent the right hand side of groove 22, which has right angle bearing surfaces extending over approximately 180. Therefore, the semi-cylindrical portion of ring 27 which extends over 180 fits into the semi-cylindrical groove 23 which also extends over 180. The ring 21 has peripheral or circumferential contact with the cylindrical bearing surface provided by the groove 29 and has lateral or axial contact with the face of said groove which is parallel with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft 20.

The ring 2? throughout its circumference of 360 receives an adjustable anti-friction bearing 30 Which may be adjusted by a sleeve 3| and adjusting nut 32 which is threaded thereon. This provides for simultaneous adjustment of the two bearings 26 and 33 with respect to the shaft 20.

The cap 23 is rernovably attached to the main frame H by a plurality of spaced bolts and nuts 33, two of which are seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings, there being a pair of said bolts and nuts at each end of the cap 23.

It is to be noted that in this arrangement the bearings 26 and which support the shaft 20 are carried entirely by the rings 25 and 2'! of the cap 23. Also that while ring 2! has bearing contact with the frame [ii at the bearing surfaces of groove 23, ring 25 is spaced from frame Ill except for the lateral bearing at surface 28. Thus the shear load on bearing 26 is transmitted to the frame I!) from ring 25 only through the body of cap 23 which is rigidly attached thereto. .The contact between ring 2? and the bearing surfaces of groove 29 insure proper positioning of cap 23 and thus shaft 2i! relative to frame H]. In view of the fact that the bearings 26, 30 are carried entirely directly on the cap 23, shaft 2i! can be mounted in said cap and the bearings 25, 30 adjusted independently of whether cap 23 is mounted on motor frame 19 or removed therefrom. Therefore, no bearing adjustment is involved in removing or replacing cap 23.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the axle 20 is shown mounted on journal bearings, such as bronze sleeves 34, these being split type cylindrical bronze bushings, half of each of which is carried in the main frame 10, the other half in a cap I23 which differs from the cap 23 in that it has no structure comparable with the two end rings 25 or 21, but is designed to receive half of each of the journal bearings 34.

As clearly illustrated in the drawings, the groove 22 is so formed as to receive half of each sleeve bearing 34 whenever the axle 20 is to be mounted on bearings of this type. When the axle 20 is mounted on anti-friction bearings the sleeve bearings 34 are, of course, omitted, leaving a clearance between the shaft 2!! and the main frame ll adjacent the groove 22. When the journal bearings 34 are employed, spacer rings 35 are placed on the shaft 23 so as to take the axial thrust between the main frame I l and the Wheels 21. The wheels 2| are, of course, rigidly attached to the shaft 20 by shrinking or the like.

Each cap 23 and I23 preferably also has a. center electric current grounding device 36 such as disclosed in full and claimed in Beltz Patent No. 1,933,651, dated November '7, 1933.

From the above description it is evident that a single construction of main frame is adapted to receive selectively either anti-friction bearings or sleeve type journal bearings for mounting the wheel axle 20. This is a standardization feature of considerable significance in the traction electric motor art.

Obviously those skilled in the art may make various changes in the details and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims hereto appended and I therefore Wish not to be restricted to the precise construction herein disclosed,

Having thus described and shown an embodiment of my invention, What I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An electric locomotive motor including a. frame housing an electric motor, said frame hav ing means providing a transverse groove of generally semi-cylindrical shape adapted to cooperate selectively with either of two caps to support a shaft either in journal bearings or anti-friction bearings, said frame being formed adjacent said groove to receive spaced journal bearings of generally semi-cylindrical shape, said frame also being formed adjacent one end of said groove to provide bearing surfaces at right angles to each other extending for approximately degrees and adapted to receive a plain ring portion of a cap and to have direct contact therewith over a circumferential and a lateral face thereof extending for approximately 180 degrees.

2. An electric locomotive motor including a frame housing an electric motor, said frame having means providing a transverse groove of generally semi-cylindrical shape adapted to cooperate selectively with either of two caps to support a shaft either in journal bearings or antifriction bearings, said frame being formed adjacent said groove to receive spaced journal bearings of generally semi-cylindrical shape, said frame also being formed adjacent one end of said groove to provide bearing surfaces at right angles to each other extending for approximately 180 degrees and adapted to receive a ring portion of a cap and to have direct contact therewith over a circumferential and a lateral face thereof extending for approximately 180 degrees.

3. An electrical traction motor including a frame having a wheel shaft receiving recess extending thereacross, said recess having sleeve bearing receiving areas at its opposite ends, and a curved groove at one end of said recess having bearing surfaces .parallel and perpendicular to the axis of said recess and adapted to receive and hold a plain ring and have bearing contact peripherally and axially therewith.

4. An electrical traction motor including a frame having a wheel shaft receiving recess extending thereacross, said recess having sleeve bearing receiving areas at its opposite ends, and a curved groove at one end of said recess having bearing surfaces parallel and perpendicular to the axis of said recess and adapted to receive and hold a ring and have bearing contact peripherally and axially therewith.

5. An electrical traction motor assembly including a motor frame, a wheel axle, means providing a transverse recess in said frame through which said axle extends, said recess having sleeve bearing supporting areas at its opposite ends, a cap attached to said frame and cooperating with said recess to provide a cylindrical enclosure for a portion of said shaft, said cap having a flanged ring at one end encircling said shaft and a plain ring at the other end also encircling said shaft, and anti-friction bearings for said shaft, one in each of said rings, said plain ring having a portion extending over approximaately 180 degrees fitting in a curved recess in said frame adjacent said aforementioned recess.

6. An electrical traction motor assembly including a motor frame, a wheel axle, means providing a transverse recess in said frame through which said axle extends, said recess having sleeve bearing supporting areas at its opposite ends, a cap attached to said frame and cooperating with said recess to provide a cylindrical enclosure for a portion of said shaft, said cap having a flanged ring at one end encircling said shaft and a plain ring at the other end also encircling said shaft, and anti-friction bearings for said shaft, one in each of said rings.

7. A bearing cap for a traction locomotive including a body having a generally semi-cylindrical shape with a complete bearing receiving ring formed at each end, one of said rings being flanged throughout substantially its entire circumference, the other being plain throughout at least approximately degrees of its circumference.

8. A bearing cup for a traction locomotive including a body having a generally semi-cylindrical shape with a complete bearing receiving ring formed at each end, at least one of said rings being plain for at least approximately 180 degrees of its circumference.

9. A traction motor and axle assembly including a driving motor, a wheeled axle driven thereby, earing interconnecting said motor and axle, mounting means for said axle including motor frame means providing a transverse axle receiving groove, said frame means providing a semi-cylindrical groove at one end of said transverse groove, which semi-cylindrical groove has bearing surfaces, a bearing cap having an axle receiving groove, means attaching said bearing cap to said frame whereby said frame groove and bearing cap groove cooperate to receive said axle, complete integral bearing rings at opposite ends of said cap, and bearings in said ring rotatably mounting said axle directly to said cap at opposite ends thereof, one of said bearing rings being in part a plain unfianged ring having bearing contact with said frame by having bearing contact with said bearing surfaces adjacent said semi-cylindrical groove, the frame and other bearing ring being so constructed that said other bearing rings is spaced from said frame throughout its entire circumference.

WALTER J. BAUROTH.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file of this patent:

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